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2 out of 5
Awal Hotel
Al Khalifa Avenue, Manama

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 85 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 85 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 85 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 85 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 85 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Kasper Appel

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Danila

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location in the market near harbor and municipal bus to airport. No towels, no water, no kettle, no glasses, no fridge. Only one socket working. Feels like 10$/night, not 35$. Cheaper to book this one on expedia then on the desk
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Paul

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Billy

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
The bathroom nobs and fixtures needs to be replaced. Old and rusty cruddy looking.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Ahmed

Business traveler
Liked: Room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ahmed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s amazing
Stayed 12 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
A great location near Bab al Bahrain and the souq, the hotel has maybe seen better days but for the price it was good value. Issues with wi-fi and the TV were quickly fixed
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
staff service excellent, city centre location, good reach to shopping , restaurant.

8/10 Good

Andre

Liked: Staff & service
Hotel was run down, but price and location were great
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Waqar

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Ahmed

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

sola

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to enjoy
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Tayyab

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Worst Internet, Cleaning service is poor,
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

4/10 Poor

Harmeet

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very outdated and not so clean.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

2/10 Terrible

Amir

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

LEWIS

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Good location; clean & big room. My 6th floor room is quiet (despite the place being near to the souk) and has good wifi reception.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Husan

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place
It was good. I was checked in quickly and the room was clean.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Paul

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from tony on Sep 18, 2019
thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Every things are excellent I Will advice to my friend relative & all my business contact to stay and book by your expedia service.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stinky - had to leave
I couldn’t stay at this hotel due to the musty old stench of cigarettes. It was unclear if they had a single room that was non-smoking. It seemed to be optional. However, even if it had been a while since a smoker, the drapes, bedding and wallpaper reeked of it. :( They attempted to give me another room that was “very clean” which meant the freshly chemically cleaned floors were now masking the musky smokey smell of the room. The man at the desk was very kind and arranged for me to stay at a sister hotel - The Sea Shell Hotel - which was much cleaner over all. However, the room was still musty but at least did not reek of smoke. No windows, so no access to fresh air. This was the most expensive private room I’ve paid for in my 6+ months of travel and was the least nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ivan

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good Quality/Price ratio
Big hotel which drivers know. In the heart of Manama. Everything was correct.
Response from tony on Apr 16, 2018
thank you very much see you again

8/10 Good

michele

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awal inner Souk
Awal is situated in the heart of the souk. It is an older gracious style of hotel but very solid with a faded charm. It represents excellent value for money and I would return in a heartbeat.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Alan, Melbourne, AU

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location for seeing the local Bahraini life.
The hotel is in a very crowded area very close to the Manama souk. Initially we found it very hard to find it in our rental car bcs of arriving at early am and all the one way streets. The hotel could provide info as to how to get to the front door from the airport. That said the parking arrangements are good - managed by the hotel and secure. The room facilities were basic but very comfortable and clean. Everything we asked for came quickly and with a smile. The fridge and A/C were excellent. Pvt balcony for smoking. Large room and clean well appointed bathroom. Bathroom issues were water pressure and temperature - needs fixing. But it is 2 minutes from Bab el Bahrain and the Manama souk. I would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

6/10 Okay

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good value for money budget hotel
The staff were great but the hotel a little tired. The location is nosy at night but really interesting to walk around. Felt safe wandering alone, plenty of places to eat and the hotel has it's own carpark which was a real benefit as on street parking is really tough to find a space.

4/10 Poor

mansoorali

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
hotel entrace steet itself can put you off.
if you can stand cockroaches and flies, it is okay. Great service, front desk manager was helpful, changed room to sixth floor, but still condition was not really good. Budget wise also may not be the right price. Hotel across the road, International Hotel (five stars) was charging BHD 33 and Awal Hotel charged me BHD 22. Better to pay more and have comfortable stay. I wouldn't recommend price wise and cleanliness wise. I booked for single room and was charged for double.

10/10 Excellent

leid , manila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hoel!
Near all the places you have wanted to go. The restaurant, shops and nightlife are all walking distance from the hotel. A great value indeed

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

hany, Egypt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice hotel
very nice location, great staff, room is very comfortable

6/10 Okay

Hassan

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
All good but one thing
Everything was pretty good for the price except my friend slept under the sheets and got a rash from bed bugs, i was safe cuz i slept on top. If they just get rid of those then i couldnt ask for more.

6/10 Okay

ANANDAN

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible!
We had booked a double-bed room which was not available on the day we checked-in, so they joined 2 twin beds to make it a double-bed! While we were waiting for the room to be ready, a drunk beggar walked in to the reception asking for money. I wonder what was the security doing? How could this man simply walk-in? We had to tell the receptionist to call the security, who at first paid no attention to us and just ignored the beggar too. He only called the security when we raised our voice louder than the new year's music going on. We also had to FIGHT to get the "free internet service" which was a part of our deal. There was NO FREE PARKING which was included in the charges. The room was not clean. The bathroom had water leakages. Will never ever go to this hotel again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
our trip
While there are many hotels in Manama Bahrain, very few are online. Given few choices we decided to book this hotel. Firstly, finding it was really tough. Took us over an hour. The staff are very to the point and do not really care about customer service. However, they were kind enough to give us an early check-in at about 9am when we arrived at the hotel. The room was very very large but all the contents of the room are very dated. Our room was facing the street and it was noisy - but didn't stop us from sleeping. We did get woken up though - with the garbage trucks taking out the garbage, etc. Location is fantastic - heart of the city.

6/10 Okay

Lex, saudi arabia

affordable hotel
overall the hotel offers an affordable stay at the heart of manama. the hotel is in the manama souk. you can walk around the place and come back to the hotel conveniently

6/10 Okay

Zeeshan, Karachi

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Partially good
Had a good time in bahrain hotel located in good neighbour markets & lots of international & local restaurant good shops

6/10 Okay

Carmelita, KSA

from KSA.....woman. Guest..
Everything was good.

4/10 Poor

Tim, Riyadh

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Inner city hotel
Room was not attended for first two days No towels No toilet rolls Cockroaches in room No bar but showed there was one in advert

2/10 Terrible

Mohammad Afzal, New Delhi

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awal... Making u OWL
It was not good experience. Hotel has bad smell all time.

8/10 Good

ERWIN, doha

consider this
Good place of stay but staff to maintain updated information for visitors. Considered safe building in presence of police officer at ground floor during daytime.

6/10 Okay

SHAMIM, Toronto Ontario

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel Riview
Stay was comfortable

8/10 Good

Terrence, Barnsley

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Short visit to Bahrain
Following some initial confusion regarding my booking and airport pick up specifically, everything developed into a good, comfortable and relaxing break. The hotel was in an area where I have stayed previously and offered compatible facilities with other more expensive hotels, previously used by me, in that area. Rooms were spacious and quiet.I would look to stay there again if I visit Bahrain and will make the booking much earlier to avoid any potential confusion.

4/10 Poor

Andrew, Toronto, ON

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Double Charged
Do not prepay, they double charged me.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Well priced older hotel in the Souq area
Very busy area of course. If you have a car, there is a car park for the hotel guests, though don't be surprised if you see a scuff mark or two - particularly if your car is white. Staff were good and correct. Hotel is a "older" but reasonably well maintained. This is not a 5 star property, but it is quite acceptable.

8/10 Good

JOHN, Chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Two-Star Hotel
The hotel was fine, and at $50 it was a great price. It is a two-star hotel, definitely. There were problems with shower water pressure and the water was only warm, not hot. Other than that I was very happy with the service and, especially, the lively Bab Al Bahrain neighborhood. A note/warning: Google Maps currently has the location wrong. It's near the Gulf Pearl on Al Khalifah.

8/10 Good

Ellis, Manchester

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Cheap with fast wifi
Hotel was the 2nd cheapest I could find in the area, wifi worked incredibly fast, food was average and the staff were ok. Would definitely go again for the price and the fact that it's located inside the souk

8/10 Good

LEDA, CALIFORNIA/USA

NICE HOTEL, WALT DISTANCE TO FEW SIGHTS.
Once I arrived at airport the driver wasn't there, so I called and they didn't want to pick me up, BUT I insisted that it was part of the deal and I was going to wait for them. After long wait and several call he arrived and when I arrived at the hotel, I didn't have good impression about the hotel. They checked me in and the next day I felt better. The room was comfortable and clean, the mattress a bit hard the way I need for my back, the refrigerator works well, a table with 2 chair, the air was a bit to cold for me BUT I was able to sleep comfortable without. The staff was attentive in anything I need. I spoke with the manager and he was very pleasant. I would return to this hotel and recommend to anybody traveling in a budget.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Functional, good, clean and quiet
All positive. Only thing is the Expedia "blurb" about the shuttle stated 5 dinar RT to/from the airport. This needs updating as the prices have doubled! Still a decent price as compared to taxis who "demand" 10 dinar 1-way.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Decent Affordable Choice
Room was large with a tiny balcony. Good location - near the souk. There is free wifi. The staff is helpful. And if you need a taxi to the airport - have them arrange it with no hassle - all for only 5D.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
There's only one very old towel Old bathroom Water is in very low pressure The air condition is not functioning

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
A good budget hotel for Manama
It's a relatively cheap hotel to stay in Bahrain, where most everything is hideously overpriced. It's a short taxi ride to the malls, a little further to nightlife in Juffair. A few quibbles: If you're an English speaker you won't find anything on the television to watch. They didn't replace or even clean my drinking glasses when they cleaned the room. Soap was not replaced. Other than that, no complaints.